Weekly Brief

199: Samsung x USDC

Circle adds Aave borrowing, regulators propose crypto rules without Congress, Samsung plans USDC transfers and Ripple expands prime brokerage.

198: Who gets the stablecoin interest {{first_name}}?

Open USD launches with partner rewards, Citi plans stablecoin payments, Korea proposes token rules and Roughrider goes live through Fiserv.

197: BlackRock models, Ondo tokens

SoFi begins stablecoin card settlement, NYSE pursues Blockchain.com distribution, Ondo launches BlackRock-strategy portfolio tokens, and the ECB opens Pontes.

196: The SEC said five years

The Senate killed the Clarity Act 49-50. Two days later the SEC gave tokenized stock venues a five-year exemption. And Deutsche Bank launches digital asset custody.

195: Nasdaq’s $100M Kraken bet

Stablecoins and tokenized stocks: Nasdaq's Payward deal, U.S. Bank's USBDC pilot, Circle's Tazapay agreement and the Clarity vote.

191: Goldman didn't buy bitcoin

Pay me to wait.

190: Western Union ships a stablecoin card

Mastercard closed BVNK, Western Union shipped a stablecoin card, Visa opened stablecoin payouts, and Circle's numbers explain why: volume is exploding while the float lags far behind.

189: "AI is the only focus"

I spoke with a bank executive this week about where the attention is going.

188: BNY killing the weekend

$250,000.

187: Wall Street flipped the switch

Hey, it’s Marc & the 51 team,

186: banks went on-chain

SWIFT's blockchain ledger is ready with 17 banks piloting, Vanguard hunts a digital assets chief, Strategy sells the low, and Kraken assembles a bank.

185: they bought the 2026 low

184: Ethereum is tumbling

183: Wall Street wants the float

182: AI agents just got a credit card

181: JPMorgan, Citi, big banks go all-in on tokenzied deposits

180: first bank to offer a stablecoin on a public blockchain

179: Wall Street pushes back

178: Moody’s AAA for an ERC-20

177: DTCC's $20T October debut